Pin ticket



Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UNITED. STATES MARGARET BL TAKE, 01? COLLINGSWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

PIN TICKET.

Application filed December 6, 1927.

The object of my invention is to provide a pinticket, or tag, with securing means that can be readily attached to a garment or piece of cloth, the pin being such that it can be passed through a single thickness of the material and moved laterally to firmly secure the ticket to the goods.

In certain classes of goods it is an advantage to have a pin-ticket, or tag, which will only penetrate a single thickness of the goods, such as niens trousers and sleeves of other garments, so that a garment can be tried on, or handled, without detaching the ticket.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved pin-ticket, or tag;

Fig. 2 shows the ticket in a folded condition and attached to a garmet;

Fig. 3 is an inverted perspective view of the pin-ticket;

Fig. 4L shows the ticket in the same position as in Fig. 8, with the exception that the stub has been removed;

Fig. 5 is a plan View showing the ends of the U-shaped securing pin drawn together so as to allow them to pass through the central longitudinal slot;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the ends of the pin separated and located in the transverse slot, preventing removal of the tag, the cloth being omitted;

Fig. 7 is a view of a modification, showing a single pin, instead of a forked pin, and. an L-shaped slot in the tag; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of another modification.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body of the ticket. This ticket is made in three sections 2, 3 and 4 in the present instance. 2 is the central section which is applied to the oods; 3 is a cover section which can be folded over the section 2 on the line ccw, the section 2 having a transverse slot 12 into which the tongue 5 of the section 3 is inserted, as shown in Fig. 2; and 4 is the stub section which is separated from the section 2 by a series of perforations y.

On this stub section 1-, as well as on the section 8, is printed matter, the printed matter of the two sections being substantially the same. The stub can be removed when it is desired to keep a check on the goods independent of the section which is attached to the goods. It will. be noticed that the printed matter on the portion 3 and the stub Serial No. 238,118.

4 are on the same side of the ticket, so that one printing operation only is necessary, but the printed matter may be otherwise arranged without departing from the essential features of the invention, and the arrangement of the ticket may be modified.

In order to attach the ticket to the goods, a Ushaped pin 6 is used. This pin has two prongs 77 pointed at their free ends and connected by a cross-bar 8. The cross-bar is on one side of the ticket and the prongs are on the opposite side. The prongs are passed through the body of the ticket and the pin is clamped thereto by pressure, holding the head of the pin firmly into the ticket.

9 is a transverse slot in the body of tlfe ticket, which is of less distance from the head of the pin than the points of the pin as shown in Fig. 3, and 10 is a longitudinal slot which extends from about the centre of the slot 9 to a point beyond the ends of the prongs as clearly shown .in Fig. 3, sothat when the ticket is to be applied to the good-s the prongs are passed through the material and then drawn together as shown in Fig. 5, to allow them to pass through the longitudinal slot 10, after which they are spread apart and enter the transverse slot on either side of. the longitudinal slot, firmly retaining the ticket to the goods. The pin 6 may be made in any manner desired and may be fastened to the ticket in any suitable manner, Without departing from the essential features of the invention. In the present instance the prongs of the pin have shoulders 11 just below the head, which allow the goods to enter freely the space between the ticket and the pm.

After the ticket has been secured to the goods, the portion 3 is folded over onto the portion 2 on the line w-00 and its tongue 5 inserted through the slot 12 as shown in Fig. 2, and if desired the stub section 4: can be removed on the perforated line y -y.

It will be noted that the pin lies substantially flat against the back of the ticket and can be readily inserted through one thickness of the cloth, the ends projecting beyond the cloth so that they can be drawn together and passed through the slots of the ticket as described above.

By making the pin so that its prongs will lie close to the back of the ticket, they can be readily passed through one thickness of the goods, and as the points of the prongs 7 project through the slot 10, all liability of endangering the person trying on the garment is avoided; and as the section 3 overlaps the portion 2, the points of the prongs are protected by the stub portion 4;, so that there is no liability of injuring the person handling the goods.

\Vhile I prefer to use a pin having two prongs, a single pin 6 may be used as shown in Fig. 7. In this instance an L-shaped slot 9 would only be necessary, although a U- shaped slot may be used as shown by dotted lines in said figure.

In Fig. 8 is shown a modification, in which the pin 6 is attached to the central portion .2 or the ticket on the line y, which divides the portion 2 from the stub 4. In this instance the portion 3 of the ticket can be folded over the ends of the pin and passed through theslot 9 through which the ends of the prongs of the pin extend.

I claim:

1. The combination in a tag having a body portion, of a section at one end adapted to be folded over onto the body portion, the body portion having a slot and arranged to receive the end of the said folded section; and a pin located between said slot and the told and having a head attached to the tag, said pin having two prongs lying substantially flat against the back 01' the tag, said tag having a transverse slot and a longitudinal slot connected with the transverse slot, so that the two prongs of the pin when drawn together can be inserted through the longitudinal slot and spread apart and into the transverse slot.

The combinationinapin-ticket,ofabody portion having an angular slot therein, and having a pin secured to the ticket some dis tance from the slot, said pin being normally out of alignment with the longitudinal portion of the slot, so that when the ticket is appliedto the goods the pin is moved in line with the longitudinal slot and moved laterally into the transverse portionof the slot, said ticket having a second slot, the tag having a section arranged to be folded over the body of the ticket and arranged to enter the slot, the ticket having a removable eX- tension beyond the last-mentioned slot.

A pin-ticket having a body portion; a tab portion, said body portion having a transverse slot adapted to receive the end of the tab portion and having a removable sec tion at the end of the body portion opposite that of the tab section, the body portion having an angular slot, including a transverse and a longitudinal portion; and a pin secured to the body portion some distance from said slot, and so arranged that the free end of the pin can be secured to the goods and passed through the longitudinal section of the slot and moved laterally away from said longitudinal section, the printed matter of the tab and the removable section being on the same side when the ticket is in a flat condition.

4. The combination in a tag having a body portion, of a section at one end adapted. to be folded over onto the body portion, the body portion having a slot and arranged to receive the end of the said folded section; and a pin located between said slot and the fold and having a head attached to the tag, said pin lying substantially flat against the back of the tag, said tag having a transverse slot and a longitudinal slot connected with the transverse slot, so that the pin can be inserted through the longitudinal slot and bent to project through the transverse slot.

MARGARET H. TARR. 

